Worcester Uni offers two PhD studentships

Music Can is a new, inclusive digital platform, spearheaded by Universal Music UK, that is designed to empower families, caregivers and musicians to integrate music as a fundamental part of dementia care.  Music Can includes a directory of support, playlists, music activities and advice and is a joint endeavour by the music industry, technology providers…

The William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities has been launched.  The Prize supports innovative, impact-led ideas that enhance social housing residents’ physical, emotional and social wellbeing. Up to £25,000 in funding, along with support from Clarion and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, is available.   The organisers say:   “No…

Palliative care charity Marie Curie has produced a new resource for local health and social care boards to help with the legal requirement to provide palliative care to those who need it across England.  Called the ICB Inspire Resource, aimed at NHS and local authority integrated care boards, it will support ICBs in their duty…

Following TIDE’s ‘Making Shared Care a Reality’ report (that we covered here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/tide-publish-making-shared-care-a-reality), TIDE are now launching the training materials that were promised as part of the ongoing ‘Shared Care’ work.  TIDE say of their training resource:  “As we move into the next phase of the ‘Shared Care’ initiative, we are proud to announce the…

All residents in care homes for older people will receive an additional covid booster jab this spring, PM Boris Johnson said, setting out the government’s plan for living with the virus.  But Alzheimer’s Society responded that the plan did not go far enough to protect people with dementia.  While details of the additional booster deployment…

The shortfall of specialist housing for older people, which on one estimate will be 400,000 properties by 2035, is set to get worse in the coming decades unless there is decisive action, housing with care provider Anchor says in a new report. Titled Fragmented UK, the report says the supply of older people’s housing is…